Mankind has not suffered any greater calamity than that brought about by the use of alcohol. Present-day governments throughout the world are convinced of the harmful effects of alcohol on individuals, families, and society. But it is only Islam which has succeeded in combating and eradicating it.

The United States has created, trained, armed, funded and equipped thousands of ISIS combatants as part of the American ploy called “the Arab Spring” which is nothing but a covert ideological operation to subjugate further the Middle East and Central Asia - its oil reserves, its pipeline corridors and it’s strategic commercial location - as part of a global imperial agenda. But most importantly, it’s about protecting the petro dollar and securing Israel as the regional hegemon.

Many who are talking about the Islamic renaissance are also trying to get the European experience to guide their efforts. We need to realise that contrary to conventional historiography what happened in Europe beginning in the fourteenth century was that a dark age ended and another one began. We are still living under it.

The period of colonialism was a big crash in which the ‘ship of Islam’ was destroyed. In the immediate aftermath, survival was the main goal, and people came with whatever lifeboats they could. Now is the time to pick up the pieces and build the ship again. The problem is we have been living in the lifeboats for so long, we are confusing them with the ship.

While the West has made great progress in racial harmony, there is still a long road ahead of us to reach our destination when all people are judged on the content of their character and not on the color of their skin nor their religious allegiances.